Former football players Eric Westmoreland, Robert Robinson arrested on drug charges in Alabama

Former football players Eric Westmoreland, Robert Robinson arrested on drug charges in Alabama

March 28th, 2013by Staff Report in Local - Breaking News

Eric Westmoreland

Eric Westmoreland

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Robert Robinson

Robert Robinson

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Tabitha Phillips

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Samantha Anderson

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Dan Smith

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Two former area football stars are among five people arrested on Wednesday in Jackson County, Ala., on drug charges.

Former Marion County High School and University of Tennessee football player Eric Westmoreland, 36, of Chattanooga, was charged with unlawful possession of controlled substances. He was released on a $3,500 bond.

Robert Robinson, 22, of Stevenson, Ala., who was an all-state running back for South Pittsburg and was MVP in the team's 2007 championship game, was also charged with unlawful possession of controlled substances and he, too, was released on a $3,500 bond.

They and three others were arrested after a traffic stop on Alabama Highway 72.